Title | Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax [electronic resource] / edited by U. Joseph Schoepf |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004 |
Edition | Softcover Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30006-6 |
Descript | XV, 480 p. online resource |
MDCT - Technical Background -- Technical Bases of Multi-Slice CT -- Radiation Exposure in Thoracic CT -- Strategies for Dose Reduction and Improved Image Quality in MSCT -- Contrast Medium Injection Technique -- Airways / Diffuse Lung Disease -- Multi-Detector-Row CT of the Airways -- MDCT in Diffuse Lung Disease -- Pulmonary Infections: Imaging with MDCT -- Multidetector CT Evaluation of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Focal Lung Disease / Lung Cancer -- CT Screening for Lung Cancer -- MDCT Screening for Lung Cancer: Current Controversies -- MDCT Imaging of Focal Lung Disease -- MDCT Strategies for the Non-Invasive Work-Up of the Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule -- Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of Lung Nodules -- Staging of Lung Cancer with MDCT -- MDCT in Mediastinal Imaging -- PET/CT of the Thorax -- Pulmonary Embolism / Thoracic Vessels -- Multidetector-Row CT Angiography of the Pulmonary Circulation -- Thromboembolic Disease: Perfusion-Weighted Imaging of the Lung -- Multiple-Detector CT Venography -- CT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta -- MDCT of the Heart -- Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium with MDCT -- MDCT Angiography of the Coronary Arteries -- Data Management -- Workflow Design for MDCT of the Thorax -- 2D and 3D Visualization of Thoracic MDCT Data -- Computer-Aided Diagnosis -- Miscellaneous -- Pediatric Multislice Computed Tomography of the Chest -- Diaphragm, Chest Wall, Pleura -- MDCT of Chest Trauma -- CT-Guided Thoracic Interventions -- Medical Legal Aspects of Multidetector CT -- Future Technical Developments for CT of the Thorax